Art & design styles: baroque

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The term is derived from an Italian word borocco to mean anything that is distorted. It meant to describe any distorted thought. It means things that are bizarre or strange.

Tendencies of Baroque Era

Three kinds of tendencies had an impact on this era. The first of these was the emergence of counter reformation and the expansion, both territorial and intellectual and ceased to be an effective mode of expression. The second tendency was the consolidation of absolute monarchies. The third tendency was a new interest in nature and broadening of new intellectual horizons.

Baroque Art

Baroque art is stylistically complex, produced in an era of Western art in the 17th century.  Some of the qualities depicted in the artwork of the Baroque period are grandeur, sensuous richness, drama and vitality.

Baroque Painting

The most important Baroque painters originated from the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. They were concerned with human subjects and depicted similar scenes in paintings. Baroque era painting was about landscape paintings.  Dutch painters such as Remembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens.

Baroque Sculpture

Many baroque artists were great sculptors, as well. Sculptors shared Baroque art with straight lines and pictorial sculptures were seen and representations in Baroque art were of religious themes such as biblical scenes.

Books on Baroque Art Style

Here are few recommended books on Baroque art:

1. Baroque Art: Art History Book for Children’s arts: What is Baroque art, this book will go beyond the definition. It will also provide a historical background and some examples to ensure the understanding of the style. There is a lot to discover about art, as it is a reflection of art, culture and traditions of people.

2. Sparkle Explains Baroque Art: Sparkle explains Baroque art is an explanation into Baroque art and influences on artwork. The concepts can be easily understood by children and explains properly the importance of Baroque art. Sparkle Explains Baroque art opens doors to children to learn important things about Baroque art.
3. Reflections on Baroque Hardcover:  The text is an interpretation of the Baroque style and the cultural and political interests have given rise to it. Many forms of Baroque art have spread throughout Catholic Europe. This book traces the divergent origins of Baroque, including 17th century Mysticism and Science. Personal features of Michaelanglo’s architecture and a papal wish to assert the dominance of Rome. The author Robert Hardison has taken into account: the art, architecture, scenography, music, poetry and literature of the period and explores the metamorphoses of the ideas of Baroque art, particularly the Rococo. The author also explains analyses of imitations, or resemblances in the works from Czech Cubism to the architecture of Frank Gehry.
4. Artemisa Gentileschi Artist: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque art: Artemisa Gentileschi artist was regarded as the first woman artist, before the 20th century. She was a major Italian Baroque painter of the twenty-first century. The first full length study of her life and work shows her powerful original treatments of mythic hero subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of similar themes.
5. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa 1600- 1750: Genoa completed its transformation from a maritime power into a thriving banking centre for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth accumulated by its leading families led to investment in visual arts on a massive scale. This volume looks at how artists, both foreign and native created a singularly rich and extravagant expression of the Baroque in terms of variety, sumptuousness and exuberance. This art was however hidden behind the city's palaces. 

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